UCL

James Burton

Profile & Legacies Summary

No Dates

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Married Harriet Davis Davis at some point between 1817 and 1820. She was born in Jamaica but they lived during their lives together in Hackney. Awarded slave compensation in right of his wife. Deceased by 1841.

  1. May possibly be the London merchant James Burton. 1840 dissolution of partnership of James and John Burton of New City Chambers, merchants.

Sources

See entry for Harriet Davis Burton.

  1. London Gazette Issue 19977, 11/05/1841, p. 1201.

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish

Associated Claims (1)

Jamaica St Mary 362 (Content Plantation)
£541 8s 5d
Awardee
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Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1820 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
Content Plantation [ Jamaica | St Mary ]

Relationships (1)

James Burton
Husband → Wife
Harriet Davis Burton (née Davis)
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Addresses (1)

Hackney, London, Middlesex, London, England
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